The 20 Greatest Chicago Cubs of All-Time
Rankings based on seasons 1901 – 2021.
Eligibility for position players requires 1,500 plate appearances, starting pitchers require 75 games started, and relief pitchers require 150 innings pitched.
- Ron Santo
- Age: 20 – 33
- Years: 1960 – 1973
- Position(s): 3B
- Ernie Banks
- Age: 22 – 40
- Years: 1953 – 1971
- Position(s): 1B, SS, 3B
- Sammy Sosa
- Age: 23 – 35
- Years: 1992 – 2004
- Position(s): RF, CF
- Ryne Sandberg
- Age: 22 – 34, 36 – 37
- Years: 1982 – 1994, 1996 – 1997
- Position(s): 2B, 3B
- Billy Williams
- Age: 21 – 36
- Years: 1959 – 1974
- Position(s): LF, RF, 1B
- Ferguson Jenkins
- Age: 23 – 30, 39 – 40
- Years: 1966 – 1973, 1982 – 1983
- Position(s): SP
- Mordecai Brown
- Age: 27 – 35, 39
- Years: 1904 – 1912, 1916
- Position(s): SP
- Pete Alexander
- Age: 31 – 39
- Years: 1918 – 1926
- Position(s): SP
- Rick Reuschel
- Age: 23 – 32, 34 – 35
- Years: 1972 – 1981, 1983 – 1984
- Position(s): SP
- Frank Chance
- Age: 21 – 35
- Years: 1898 – 1912
- Position(s): 1B, C, RF
- Hack Wilson
- Age: 26 – 31
- Years: 1926 – 1931
- Position(s): CF, LF
- Hippo Vaughn
- Age: 25 – 33
- Years: 1913 – 1921
- Position(s): SP
- Bill Nicholson
- Age: 24 – 33
- Years: 1939 – 1948
- Position(s): RF
- Stan Hack
- Age: 22 – 37
- Years: 1932 – 1947
- Position(s): 3B
- Anthony Rizzo
- Age: 22 – 31
- Years: 2012 – 2021
- Position(s): 1B
- Billy Herman
- Age: 21 – 31
- Years: 1931 – 1941
- Position(s): 2B
- Carlos Zambrano
- Age: 20 – 30
- Years: 2001 – 2011
- Position(s): SP
- Gabby Hartnett
- Age: 21 – 39
- Years: 1922 – 1940
- Position(s): C
- Kris Bryant
- Age: 23 – 29
- Years: 2015 – 2021
- Position(s): 3B
- Mark Grace
- Age: 24 – 36
- Years: 1988 – 2000
- Position(s): 1B
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
72.1 | 128 | 2126 | 8979 | 7768 | 1109 | 2171 | 353 | 66 | 337 | 1290 | 35 | 1071 | 1271 | .279 | .365 | .472 | .837 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67.8 | 118 | 2528 | 10395 | 9421 | 1305 | 2583 | 407 | 90 | 512 | 1636 | 50 | 763 | 1236 | .274 | .328 | .499 | .828 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58.8 | 134 | 1811 | 7898 | 6990 | 1245 | 1985 | 296 | 32 | 545 | 1414 | 181 | 798 | 1815 | .284 | .357 | .569 | .927 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
68.1 | 115 | 2151 | 9276 | 8379 | 1316 | 2385 | 403 | 76 | 282 | 1061 | 344 | 761 | 1259 | .285 | .342 | .451 | .794 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61.8 | 134 | 2213 | 9504 | 8479 | 1306 | 2510 | 402 | 87 | 392 | 1353 | 86 | 911 | 934 | .296 | .364 | .502 | .866 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
53.0 | 84 | 401 | 347 | 167 | 132 | 3.20 | 2673.2 | 154 | 29 | 6 | 1061 | 952 | 600 | 2038 | 18.7% | 1.12 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48.0 | 64 | 346 | 241 | 188 | 86 | 1.80 | 2329 | 206 | 48 | 39 | 679 | 465 | 445 | 1043 | 10.3% | 1.00 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
41.0 | 76 | 242 | 223 | 128 | 83 | 2.84 | 1884.1 | 159 | 24 | 10 | 717 | 595 | 268 | 614 | 8.0% | 1.16 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48.3 | 89 | 358 | 343 | 135 | 127 | 3.50 | 2290 | 65 | 17 | 3 | 1007 | 891 | 640 | 1367 | 14.1% | 1.31 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42.6 | 140 | 1101 | 4504 | 3785 | 699 | 1128 | 181 | 71 | 18 | 541 | 375 | 509 | 28 | .298 | .388 | .397 | .785 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31.0 | 153 | 850 | 3719 | 3154 | 652 | 1017 | 185 | 44 | 190 | 769 | 34 | 463 | 461 | .322 | .402 | .589 | .992 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
39.7 | 79 | 305 | 270 | 151 | 105 | 2.33 | 2216.1 | 177 | 35 | 4 | 789 | 575 | 621 | 1138 | 12.1% | 1.17 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38.1 | 135 | 1349 | 5614 | 4857 | 738 | 1323 | 245 | 53 | 205 | 833 | 26 | 696 | 684 | .272 | .367 | .471 | .838 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
54.8 | 124 | 1938 | 8506 | 7278 | 1239 | 2193 | 363 | 81 | 57 | 642 | 165 | 1092 | 466 | .301 | .388 | .396 | .785 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36.7 | 131 | 1308 | 5639 | 4812 | 721 | 1311 | 276 | 20 | 242 | 784 | 62 | 624 | 871 | .272 | .372 | .489 | .861 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40.9 | 114 | 1344 | 6166 | 5532 | 875 | 1710 | 346 | 69 | 37 | 577 | 53 | 470 | 282 | .309 | .357 | .416 | .774 |
WAR | ERA- | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | CG | SHO | SV | R | ER | BB | SO | SO % | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
37.7 | 83 | 319 | 282 | 125 | 81 | 3.60 | 1826.2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 804 | 731 | 823 | 1542 | 19.8% | 1.32 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
55.9 | 127 | 1926 | 7132 | 6282 | 847 | 1867 | 391 | 64 | 231 | 1153 | 28 | 691 | 683 | .297 | .363 | .490 | .853 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27.6 | 135 | 833 | 3626 | 3100 | 564 | 865 | 191 | 19 | 160 | 465 | 38 | 420 | 862 | .279 | .378 | .508 | .886 |
WAR | wRC+ | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
44.2 | 123 | 1910 | 8234 | 7156 | 1057 | 2201 | 456 | 43 | 148 | 1004 | 67 | 946 | 561 | .308 | .385 | .445 | .831 |
Cap Anson is an obvious omission. He still is the all-time Cubs leader in WAR, even if they were rarely called that during his tenure. Evers and Tinker may well belong on the list ahead of Nicholson. What about Clark Griffith who won 152 games for the Cubs in the 1890s? Maybe someday Sammy Sosa will be welcomed back into the fold. It is hard to choose with so many good players over 140+ seasons of baseball. But Anson, Hullbert, and Spalding created the major leagues for us.
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Sosa is a waste of space.
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no javy Baez?
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Overall, Baez is ranked 61st. He’s 6 years (4 seasons as a starter) into his career. He’s 2 good years away from showing up on this list.
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ANDRE DAWSON #8 & John Lester & Javy Baez + Tinker & Evers & I gotta look up Cap Anson
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Cubs top 20 players all time is not very impressive. This franchise and all the hype is incredibly OVERRATED!
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